"بلاد فارس. ملاحظات عن السير الذاتية لأعضاء العائلة الملكية والأعيان والتجار ورجال الدين، أعدَّها المقدم هـ. بيكوت، الملحق العسكري في طهران." [و‎‎٢‎٦] (١٢٦/٥٦)

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customs and treasury, retaining ministry of posts as well. Married
a daughter of the Shah by Hazrat Ulia, Firman Firma’s sister, 18lh
January, 1898, divorcing his first wife, the daughter of Mushir ed
Dowleh.
53. MUKHBER ED DOWLEH, HUSAIN KULI KHAN—
Eldest son of the late Mukhber ed Dowleh, Ali Kuli Khan. The
family, which is said to trace its descent to the poet Shaikh Kemal
Khojendi, is well known in Persia, and a short account of it is
necessary. It came into prominence with the present Mukhber ed
DowlelTs grandfather, Iteza Kuli Khan Tabaristani, a son of
Muhammad JIadi Kemal, who was a chamberlain of Aka Muham
mad Khan, the first Kajar Shah. Peza Kuli Khan was born in
Teheran in 1800,'and having resided for some time at Barfurush, in
the old district of Tabaristan, took the surname of Hedayat i
Tabaristani. When about twenty years of age, he went to Shiraz,
where he served the Firman Firma, Husain Ali Mirza, son of Fath
Ali Shah, and afterwards the princes Feridan Mirza and Firuz
Mirza (sons of Valiahd Abbas Mirza). Having written various
poems for Fath Ali Shah, he received the title of Malik-ush
Shoara (King of Poets), and was made Khan. In 1838 Muhammad
Shah appointed him tutor to his son Abbas Mirzu (died as Mulk
Ara in 1897), and in 1851 he was sent as special envoy by Nassir
ed Din Shah to the Khan of Khiva. On his return, he was
appointed director of the new College (Madrasseh dar et Funun),
which post he held until his death in 1871.
His son Ali Kuli Khan came to Teheran in 1839, entered the
New College when it was founded in 1849, accompanied his father
to Khiva in 1851, constructed the first telegraph line in Persia,
from Teheran to Sultanieh, in 18G0, and was made a Sarhang. In
1862 he built the telegraph line to Resht and was made Sertip of
the third class. In 1862 he became director of telegraphs. In
1865 he received the rank of Sertip of the first class, and in
1869 the title of Mukhber ed Dowleh. In 1877 he was made
minister of telegraphs, which post he held until his death,
16th July, 1897. From 1880 until April, 1897, he was also
Yazir i Ulum (Public Instruction), and from 1882 until his death
Yazir i Maadan (Mines). In November, 1896, he was appointed
minister of interior, but resigned that appointment four months
later. He accompanied the late Shah to Europe in 1873. He
went to Europe in 1884, to effect the purchase of the steamer
“ Persepolis ” at Bremerhaven, and again accompanied the late
Shah to Europe in 1889, and made the pilgrimage to Mekka in
the same year.
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